Other - CD Reviews (539)
Like The Harder They Come, this is a movie that takes the viewer deep into the day to day reality of Jamaican Rastafari musical culture, at least the scene as it …
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At 35 years and counting, ZZ Top has enjoyed the longest run of any major rock band without experiencing any changes in its original line-up. The Texas trio of guitarist Bi…
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Here’s something really different. Ebony & Ivory is clarinetist Fred Jacobowitz and keyboardist Andrew Gilpin. The international duo (US and Canada) en…
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If something inside of you is touched by the sounds of gypsy jazz, then you must listen to this release. Austrian born, Harri Stojka is as authentic as it gets. S…
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Swanee River - Jelinek's banjo opens as if to say "Ready? Here we go." This new and fun version of the Foster classic is indeed a fast trip down the old river. Har…
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When I invest in a CD I want more from it than a sound to fill dead air, I want an experience. The self titled album by the band ABATERÍA provides such an experience, it is…
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Having heard a few sound samples recently, I was delighted when Harri Stojka sent along his new album for review. Stojka is a highly talented Austrian guitarist who …
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Moving away from the cheap dilettantism of most jazz players, Harri Stojka knows which place to fill in today’s contemporary music, and he does so in an appealing and joyfu…
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It has been said many times that the major labels really missed on this release. But in my opinion, the indie world is the meat and potatoes of jazz...without it..Matthew V…
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The Holmes Brothers keep on trucking with their mix of rhythm and blues, soul, blues and gospel. This is their second album for the Alligator label but their "genuine house…
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While every listener may not be familiar with the name of the group, most members of the Sangha Quartet will certainly ring a bell. The avant-garde quartet recorded …
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It’s a little difficult to really get my head around the latest disc from Daryl Pratt - "Pratt’s Alchemy." To call it a jazz album would be to stretch the definition of the…
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Even at the age of 21, Lucia Micarelli has been playing violin for almost 18 years, and her means of expressing herself on the instrument is as integrated with her personal…
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In the liners, King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp states: "The aim of The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson is to replace the Frame by Frame 4-CD compilation (1991), taki…
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The term "third stream" was invented by composer Gunther Schuller in 1957 to describe the (then new) jazz subgenre that consists of the mixing of jazz and classical music. …
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We all enjoy hearing a band with vision and pizzazz, especially during this sometimes, saturated post-bop laden jazz era. Hence, this sextet combines a striking persona ami…
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The Paramount Pictures movie Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow is distinguished by the fact that it was the first motion picture produced entirely by actors spec…
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Claire Ritter is a new name to me; though I've found that Ran Blake and Franz Koglmann have recorded her compositions, and she's recorded on her own, assisted by such inter…
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When "urban blues" is mentioned as a style, most folks envisage the electric blues of Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Buddy Guy, but singer/pianist Leroy Carr was perhaps the f…
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Keyboardist Jon Balke derives influences from a wide-ranging element of musical stylizations, spanning the globe. On his third ECM Records release with the Magnetic North O…
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